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Putting smaller tires?

So I have a 95 civic ex with 17 inch tires.I‘ve been thinking of going back to stock with 14 inch tires. Will putting smaller tires lower my car to the ground?

Answer:

The profile will keep the car at the same height. You can't change the profile as your speedometer would be way out then.
All other elements left unchanged, yes, because it's quite a drop that should be compensated by adopting a proper aspect ratio (/50, /45.) and/or suspension mods.
Guessing you have low profile tyres on those 17 rims, so fitting taller tyres to the smaller radius rims should keep the car height the same. The round rubbery things are tyres (or tires if you want to be tiresome ;-), the things in the middle are wheels, or rims. You can't fit 14 tyres on 17 wheels

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